Improving Medical Student Access to Nutrition During the Core Surgery Clerkship.

ABSTRACT: The rigorous demands of medical education create circumstances that can make it challenging to maintain a healthy diet. Evaluations from students at an urban medical school in the northeast U.S. regarding their surgery clerkship highlighted the difficulty of finding healthy snacks or meals between operations and patient care obligations. In response, we implemented the Nutritional Wellness Initiative, a pilot program designed to offer accessible, healthy snacks to medical students during their surgery clerkship. We conducted a 3-month pilot program at three hospital sites and surveyed participants. Responses were compared to controls who completed their surgery rotation before initiation of the pilot program. Both groups emphasized the importance of having access to food during the workday

SUBMITTER: Hauser BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562391 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature